In message , at 09:25:52 on Wed, 15 Mar
2017, d remarked:
On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:37:57 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:04:28 on Tue, 14 Mar
2017, d remarked:

That's a minicab not a taxi,

No comment, I see.

What comment were you expecting? A minicab is still a taxi and that car
is still a prius.

A minicab is a private hire vehicle, not a taxi.

and was on streetview, whereas you claim you've been there in person.

What makes you think I slummed it on PT?

You are Margaret Thatcher, AICMFP.

Whatever. From my house I can be halfway there by car in the time it would
take me to get to St P by foot and tube and buy a ticket.

Perhaps you are in north London then? Hendon to Nottingham is about 2hrs
20mins by car (assuming you don't hit a jam on the way into the City
Centre), so you are 70 minutes from StP. Maybe a car to Luton Parkway,
then catch the train from there?

I have enough of it commuting to work, I'm sure as hell not going to
use it in my leisure time. The station is half a mile from the centre
and I didn't drive anywhere near it.

The centre isn't accessible by private car.

The victoria centre is about 300m from the market square.

Yes, I lived in Nottingham for eight years.

Perhaps you
should do some simple homework before posting.

So should you. You'll walk past a couple of hackney ranks en-route.

Well next time you go there do some cab spotting and let us know. I can't
wait.

I already posted the results.

Obviously you're better at spotting cabs than sarcasm.

Three, ranking right outside the Victoria centre. ObRail, on the site of
the old Victoria Station.

https://goo.gl/maps/259NxYYPXBE2
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Roland Perry

On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 02:53:44 -0700 (PDT)
wrote:
Please could Spud and Roland take their personal disagreement somewhere else?

Oh look, a lurker has popped up to moan. We were overdue the valuable input.

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Spud

On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:27:11 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:25:52 on Wed, 15 Mar
2017, d remarked:
What comment were you expecting? A minicab is still a taxi and that car
is still a prius.

A minicab is a private hire vehicle, not a taxi.

Don't split hairs, normal people know them as cabs or taxis.

Whatever. From my house I can be halfway there by car in the time it would
take me to get to St P by foot and tube and buy a ticket.

Perhaps you are in north London then? Hendon to Nottingham is about 2hrs
20mins by car (assuming you don't hit a jam on the way into the City
Centre), so you are 70 minutes from StP. Maybe a car to Luton Parkway,
then catch the train from there?

Or maybe I could just stay in my nice cosy car and carry on past junction 10.
I did on occasion use the MML P&R from ratcliff but the trains were infrequent
and it was about 7 quid return, however the tram P&R is good and I'll probably
use that again next time.

The centre isn't accessible by private car.

The victoria centre is about 300m from the market square.

Yes, I lived in Nottingham for eight years.

Odd how you forgot about the city's largest shopping centre & car park then.

Perhaps you
should do some simple homework before posting.

So should you. You'll walk past a couple of hackney ranks en-route.

Strangely I decided to walk inside the centre, not outside it.

Three, ranking right outside the Victoria centre. ObRail, on the site of
the old Victoria Station.

https://goo.gl/maps/259NxYYPXBE2

Wow, 2 taxis. Its almost like oxford street.

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Spud

In message , at 11:46:02 on Wed, 15 Mar
2017, d remarked:
What comment were you expecting? A minicab is still a taxi and that car
is still a prius.

A minicab is a private hire vehicle, not a taxi.

Don't split hairs, normal people know them as cabs or taxis.

In a transport group it's important to differentiate between the two,
and not degenerate into the language of "normals".

Whatever. From my house I can be halfway there by car in the time it would
take me to get to St P by foot and tube and buy a ticket.

Perhaps you are in north London then? Hendon to Nottingham is about 2hrs
20mins by car (assuming you don't hit a jam on the way into the City
Centre), so you are 70 minutes from StP. Maybe a car to Luton Parkway,
then catch the train from there?

Or maybe I could just stay in my nice cosy car and carry on past junction 10.
I did on occasion use the MML P&R from ratcliff but the trains were infrequent
and it was about 7 quid return,

Yes, that P&R is virtually useless, in either direction of travel. It
was built 95% for people heading towards London though.

however the tram P&R is good and I'll probably use that again next
time.

The line runs a couple of hundred yards away from my 4th house in the
area.

The centre isn't accessible by private car.

The victoria centre is about 300m from the market square.

Yes, I lived in Nottingham for eight years.

Odd how you forgot about the city's largest shopping centre & car park then.

I didn't forget, you still can't get *to* the centre by car. (Although
there's a couple of places you can kiss-and-ride a bit closer than the
Victoria Centre).

Perhaps you
should do some simple homework before posting.

So should you. You'll walk past a couple of hackney ranks en-route.

Strangely I decided to walk inside the centre, not outside it.

This is like shooting fish in a barrel! One on the left, and two if you
scroll right. Southern entrance in the middle.

https://goo.gl/maps/bJknkn3ETVU2

Three, ranking right outside the Victoria centre. ObRail, on the site of
the old Victoria Station.

https://goo.gl/maps/259NxYYPXBE2

Wow, 2 taxis. Its almost like oxford street.

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Roland Perry

On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:18:30 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In a transport group it's important to differentiate between the two,
and not degenerate into the language of "normals".

You sure your name isn't Harry Potter? Anyway, transport is a broad church
and the strict definition of taxi is probably known by and of interest to very
few people.

however the tram P&R is good and I'll probably use that again next
time.

The line runs a couple of hundred yards away from my 4th house in the
area.

There are 2 now with the new southern extension to Clifton. Interestingly it
runs on part of the formation of the old GCR which is the only part where it
seems to get up to any decent speed.

Odd how you forgot about the city's largest shopping centre & car park then.

I didn't forget, you still can't get *to* the centre by car. (Although
there's a couple of places you can kiss-and-ride a bit closer than the
Victoria Centre).

When people say they're going to central london it doesn't necessarily mean
they're going to trafalgar square!

Strangely I decided to walk inside the centre, not outside it.

This is like shooting fish in a barrel! One on the left, and two if you
scroll right. Southern entrance in the middle.

I can see one taxi. And its not even a TX.

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Spud

On 2017-03-15 11:27:11 +0000, Roland Perry said:

A minicab is a private hire vehicle, not a taxi.

In common non-London parlance it is (technically incorrectly) known as one.

Neil
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Neil Williams
Put my first name before the @ to reply.

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

A minicab is a private hire vehicle, not a taxi.

Not a universally accepted distinction. A taxi can either be a hackney
carriage or a private hire vehicle. The general public outside London tends
to think of both as taxis.

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Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 14:00:14 on Wed, 15 Mar
2017, d remarked:

In a transport group it's important to differentiate between the two,
and not degenerate into the language of "normals".

You sure your name isn't Harry Potter? Anyway, transport is a broad church
and the strict definition of taxi is probably known by and of interest to very
few people.

however the tram P&R is good and I'll probably use that again next
time.

The line runs a couple of hundred yards away from my 4th house in the
area.

There are 2 now with the new southern extension to Clifton. Interestingly it
runs on part of the formation of the old GCR which is the only part where it
seems to get up to any decent speed.

Yes, I know. I watched them build it day by day from when it was a
nature trail to the opening of the line.

Odd how you forgot about the city's largest shopping centre & car park then.

I didn't forget, you still can't get *to* the centre by car. (Although
there's a couple of places you can kiss-and-ride a bit closer than the
Victoria Centre).

When people say they're going to central london it doesn't necessarily mean
they're going to trafalgar square!

I Nottingham I think the Centre is regarded as the part inside the bus
loop. So both the Victoria Centre and Broadmarsh car parks are just
outside.

Strangely I decided to walk inside the centre, not outside it.

This is like shooting fish in a barrel! One on the left, and two if you
scroll right. Southern entrance in the middle.

I can see one taxi.

There's one on the left, dear Liza, and if you pan right there are two
more on the offside of the black merc-like saloon car.

And its not even a TX.

So what - it's a Hackney.
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Roland Perry

In message , at 17:09:23 on Wed, 15
Mar 2017, Neil Williams remarked:
On 2017-03-15 11:27:11 +0000, Roland Perry said:

A minicab is a private hire vehicle, not a taxi.

In common non-London parlance it is (technically incorrectly) known as one.

In a transport group it's important to differentiate between the two,
and not degenerate into the language of "normals".

--
Roland Perry

On 2017-03-15 18:14:25 +0000, said:

Not a universally accepted distinction. A taxi can either be a hackney
carriage or a private hire vehicle. The general public outside London tends
to think of both as taxis.

In some Council areas a vehicle can be effectively both (this I think
comes under the Hackney carriage licence). You can hail it for the
metered fare, or you can book it for the private hire fare which is
mostly determined using an Uber-clone app in MK these days.

Milton Keynes Council allows this, there are quite a number of them.

Neil
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